House of Bernadotte

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Chapters: Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Oscar I of Sweden, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Charles XV of Sweden, Gustaf V of Sweden, Oscar II of Sweden, Astrid of Sweden, Ingrid of Sweden, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Louise of Sweden, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Norwegian Royal Regalia, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Princess Eugenie of Sweden, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland. Excerpt: Carl XVI Gustaf (full name: Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, born 30 April 1946) has been King of Sweden since 15 September 1973, succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf because his father had predeceased him. He is the only son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Unlike many other European monarchs who have extensive styles, King Carl Gustaf's formal and complete style is simply His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. The King's heir apparent, upon passage on 1 January 1980 of a new law establishing equal primogeniture (the first such law passed in European history), is Crown Princess Victoria, the eldest child of the King and his wife, Queen Silvia. He is also 203rd in the line of succession to the British and other Commonwealth thrones. Carl Gustaf was born at Haga Palace, Solna, Stockholm County. He was christened at the Royal Chapel on 7 June 1946 by the Archbishop of Uppsala, Erling Eidem. His godparents were The Crown Prince of Denmark, The Crown Princess of Denmark, The Crown Prince of Norway, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, The King of Sweden, Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, The Crown Prince of Sweden, The Crown Princess of Sweden, Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg and Countess Maria Bernadotte af Wisborg. He was given the title of Duke of Jämtland. His father Gustaf Adolf was killed in an aeroplane crash on 26 January 1947, at Copenhagen Airport, Denmark. Prince Carl Gustaf was born at Haga Palace in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden, the youngest of five children and the only son of Sweden's Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla. His father's death had left the nine-month-old Prince second in line for the throne, behind his grandfather, then Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. When his great-grandfather King Gustaf V died in 1950, the four-year-old Prince became heir apparent of Sweden. In a speech in 2005, the King expressed some of his feelings about growing up with